Corporates

Management Development Programmes

Open Enrolment Programme

SP Jain Institute of Management and Research offers highly acclaimed Management Development Programmes (MDPs), that centre around key business fundamentals like SCM, Emerging Leaders, Design Thinking, Managerial Effectiveness, Team Building, Sales & Marketing skills, Management of Organisational Change, etc to emerging issues like Big Data, Creativity & Innovation, and Leadership. These programmes are in the nature of 'open-enrolment' courses with participation open to all practising/experienced managers and/or executives.

The pedagogy employed involves a variety of teaching methods: case studies, design thinking, simulations, role plays, closed group analyses, and applied learning projects, interspersed with lecture sessions on theory and practice. The sessions are essentially interactive, and participants are encouraged to question assumptions, identify opportunities, solve complex problems, develop operational performance, boost productivity, and in the process, build sustainable competitive advantage. The knowledge and insights gained as a result of such sessions have immediate applications for high-priority management challenges. As a result, participants as well as the sponsoring organisation receive a rapid – and lasting – return on investment.

Customised In Company Programme (MDP)

SPJIMR also offers exclusive custom-designed programmes, to address specific Executive Learning and/or Corporate Training mandates from individual organisations. Under this format, courses are designed in collaboration with the client organisation, and scheduled at a mutually convenient date and venue. Such programmes can be domain-specific as in Sales & Marketing, Operations, Finance, Strategy, Leadership, etc or inter-disciplinary, involving an optimal mix of multiple functional areas.

Currently SPJIMR is working with a host of companies spanning across top-of-the-league Multinationals and corporate houses to Public Sector Enterprises, creating cutting-edge training modules that give them clout in a constantly changing global marketplace.

Placements 2018

Consulting Leads as SPJIMR Closes PGDM Placements in Record Time

SPJIMR has announced a 30 per cent jump in the number of participants placed with marquee consulting firms in the final placements process for its prestigious two-year PGDM programme. The increase came alongside a rise in the annual average salary of the batch to Rs. 22.24 lakhs, capping a season in which the interviews and offer processes were completed in a record time.

The performance reflected the upbeat mood of businesses stepping into the New Year and the continued strong demand for talent from SPJIMR as a top-ranked school of management. SPJIMR has stood out as a preferred place for recruiters particularly because of its approach to imparting knowledge, skills and attitude, a storied learning model captured in the Institute's 'Courage.Heart' brand.

The SPJIMR placements office released detailed placement numbers on Jan. 04, saying that 35 per cent of the 238 participants from the PGDM Class of 2018 were placed with top consulting firms, translating to a 30 per cent increase in the consulting area over the previous batch.

The average salary increased to Rs. 22.24 lakhs, up from Rs. 20.9 lakhs the previous year. Over 92 per cent of the PGDM Class of 2018 batch received offers in excess of Rs. 17 lakhs. The median salary for the batch stood at Rs. 21.25 lakhs, an increase from the Rs. 20 lakhs reported last year. This placement season saw participation from 105 companies on campus to hire the 238 participants from the class of 2018.

SPJIMR Deputy Director - External Relations, Prof. Abbasali Gabula said, "The placements performance of the Class of 2018 has set new records. The huge jump in consulting offers is due to the selfless efforts of the faculty, staff, alumni and in particular the members of the second-year Placements Committee."

"More than 50 per cent of the Class of 2018 received pre-placement offers and pre-placement interviews through their autumn internships at top companies, which included leading corporates like Boston Consulting Group, Tata Administrative Services, HUL, P&G, Amazon, Axis Bank, GE, AstraZeneca, among others. The large number of such offers served as an endorsement by the corporate world of SPJIMR's unique initiative of autumns internships vs summers during which students work with a non-profit in the rural areas," added Prof. Gabula.

Autumn Placements Process

SPJIMR has announced the successful completion of its autumn placement process with 236 PGDM participants receiving over 300 offers from a total of 48 companies. Twelve of these companies were first time recruiters from the SPJIMR campus.

The large number of companies on campus and the number of offers rolled out reflected the high interest of corporates in candidates from SPJIMR and the process of autumn placements. The process is a SPJIMR innovation that sends participants for corporate internships after they have completed specialisation courses at the Institute, an internship with non-profits and advanced specialisation courses in an international university. This makes students from the PGDM programme, the two-year full time Post Graduate Diploma in Management, more industry-ready and better equipped to take on challenging roles.

The placement season came amid an optimistic outlook for the Indian economy and a favourable business environment.

Amazon India emerged as the single largest recruiter, signalling that e-commerce remains a sunrise sector as consumption patterns shift, connectivity improves and more Indians move to online platforms for their daily needs.

The Fast Moving Consumer Goods/Durables (FMCG/FMCD) sector led the process in terms of number of companies and participants placed. The sector saw 20 companies participating and accounted for 47 per cent of the batch placed. This marked 2018 as one of the most successful years for the FMCG/FMCD cluster.

Some of the new companies on campus for 2018 autumn placements were Reckitt Benckiser, Pidilite, Britannia, Castrol and Philips in the FMCG/FMCD space; PwC and IQVIA in the consulting space; HSBC Bank in the financial services space; Bajaj Auto in the Automobile sector, Airtel in Telecoms and OYO Rooms and Uber in the e-commerce sector.

SBAC 2018

When corporations and start-ups collaborate, you get more than the sum of parts. But what are both parties looking for? What are the possible modes of such collaboration? And how do you go about it?

These were the questions Prof. Mohanbir Sawhney explored in his keynote address at SBAC 2018: ‘How to dance with start-ups’.

SBAC is a flagship annual event that brings together academia and industry leaders to help build new knowledge and influence practice. SBAC 2018 was the ninth such event and the first that was held in collaboration with a partner, Founding Fuel, a startup that curated and co-organised the event. The partnership was real life implementation of the very theme of the conclave: ‘Corporations & Start-Ups: Collaborating to Innovate’. This collaboration was stitched together in record time and delivered one of the more successful events hosted by SPJIMR in recent times.

SBAC 2018 was held at the Trident Hotel, in the business district of BKC in Mumbai. Amongst those who participated were Prof. Mohanbir Sawhney, Kellogg School of Management; Kishore Biyani, Chairman and CEO, Future Group; Suresh Narayanan, Chairman and MD, Nestle India.

A series of panel discussions, presentations and an exchange of ideas on the ecosystem for startups in India were hosted and several CXOs, SPJIMR alums and students were among the audience.Discussions centered on how established corporations and agile start-ups are learning from and partnering with each other to foster innovation. SBAC 2018 focused on real and contemporary business challenges.

Samavesh

Today’s Leaders Meet Future Leaders

Samavesh, which is Hindi for "assimilation", is an annual conclave organised by the participants of SPJIMR's Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM). Samavesh brings together industry and academia to discuss contemporary business issues and address some of the important questions prevailing in today’s business environment.

Business leaders from various domains share their experiences with the academicians and students on various current trends and discuss the evolving business landscape.

Over the years, Samavesh has grown to become an important annual event in the SPJIMR calendar. The conclave has witnessed distinguished business leaders across domains visit the SPJIMR campus and share their insights into real world business problems.